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Originally Posted by Bingo
That 31st ranking took Valimaki, Mangiapane and Kylington out of the mix ... and even Pronman in talking to me admitted that the line he drew hurt the Flames more than others.
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Aren't they out of the mix? They aren't on the farm available for call up or to back fill other players, so I call that promoted.
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The Flames have graduated a lot of prospects of late and that can't be ignored on a largely young roster.
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And that's irrelevant to the discussion of organizational depth. We HAD organizational depth, but we promoted or traded it away. It's what we have right now, and what we have right now is brutal. There is nothing in the minors that can be called upon at any position. Not a single position has a player that you look at say we can be confident that we have a player that can contribute above the bottom line or bottom pair or be a practice goaltender. There is also not a single prospect in the system that looks like a blue chip prospect. Valimaki is the best we have, and after that knee injury the jury is out. That is the current state of the system.
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9 guys on the roster now and 8 I see as fairly important going forward are 25 and under, which is why this is a retool from the top more than a rebuild or a face plant for the franchise or a firing offence.
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Again, irrelevant to the discussion of whether this team is deep enough to pull off a trade where we dump multiple assets. I would love to say we could make a trade of that magnitude without creating other holes we don't have the capacity to fill, but that just isn't true. If you feel differently try putting that deal together.
Hamilton, Ferland, Fox for Lindholm and Hanafin.
Who are the assets on the Flames' side of that equation right now?
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Ironically the core guys that have struggled to be who they are the most are core pieces he inherited.
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Agree there. The core pieces are the ones not getting it done at the moment. They need to turn it around because there is no trade coming that will not hurt the organization more than it helps.